1. Herbert Grant Adcox was an American stockcar driver who died in a single-car accident in the 1989 Atlanta Journal 500 in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
13 Facts About Grant Adcox
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Gary Bettenhausen, who had pitted a lap after the leaders, was up on jacks as Grant Adcox came down for service.
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Grant Adcox's car hit an oil and water patch and slammed straight into Bettenhausen's Matador, crushing catch-can man Don Miller between the cars.
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Grant Adcox continued to run sporadic Winston Cup races over the years.
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Grant Adcox's car was withdrawn, but he was able to find a substitute ride.
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However, the race was delayed for a week due to rain, and Grant Adcox was again forced to withdraw.
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Grant Adcox continued to run sporadic events over the years, but never again contended.
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Grant Adcox was especially dominant on the superspeedways; he won a record four of them in 1986 and had eight total superspeedway triumphs in his career, with five victories coming at Talladega.
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Dale Earnhardt, in an interview before a 1989 race at North Carolina Motor Speedway, remarked about how well Grant Adcox had done in ARCA and said that if he had the monetary backing that other teams had, he might become a success in NASCAR.
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For 1989, Grant Adcox had signed up with Bumper to Bumper All Pro Autoparts and in a family-owned Chevrolet planned to run in a handful of Cup events.
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Grant Adcox Award, is named in Grant Adcox's honor, and was awarded annually by his father Herb until his death in 2015.
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The Grant Adcox Memorial is held annually in his honor at North Georgia Speedway and a subsequent event has been held in Cleveland, Tennessee.
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Grant Adcox is interred at the Chattanooga Memorial Park in Chattanooga, TN.